Abhishek Agarwal

About Abhishek Agarwal

Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and Dip IFRS (ACCA, UK) with Post Qualification experience of over nine years in Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounts Management and MIS of large Manufacturing & Marketing Company with specialization in Budgeting and Forecasting, Financial Modelling, Business partnering, strategizing Pricing Structure, Consolidation of Accounts, General Ledger Accounting & statutory compliances, seeking assignment in FP & A / Finance / Commercial function with an organization of repute. An incisive professional with experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Scenario Analysis, Financial Modelling and Finance & Accounts. Currently working with M/s. AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited, Corporate Office Bangalore as Manager (Finance – FP & A). Adept at planning & budgeting, business partnering, financial modelling, Scenario Analysis, pricing decisions, Consolidation, accounts management, auditing, taxation and commercial function. Accurate, efficient & methodical in handling assigned tasks. Having Good exposure over SAP ECC-6 working environment of FI, MM & QM Module. Possess excellent numerical & analytical abilities.

Experience

1. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

   AstraZeneca

   Feb 2018 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Designation –Manager (FP & A) – Reporting to CFO & currently leading the FP & A division of India.\\\\n\\\\nFinancial Planning & Analysis\\\\n Developing, implementing and maintaining an effective planning & analysis capability to provide senior leadership with appropriate and timely information & measure performance of Company’s portfolio of business.\\\\n Monthly P&L analysis and presentation to Leadership Team including separate presentation to different therapeutic verticals.\\\\n Review of monthly business deck & Brand P&L’s.\\\\n Strategic aspect of annual operating plan & budget process of the company (4 cycles in a year).\\\\n Provide the monthly Actuals Vs. Budget file to management and cost center heads with highlights & commentaries on the over / under spends & exceptions reporting.\\\\n Support the business for new product launches, indication expansion, pricing proposals in terms of review of business case P&L.\\\\n Prepare presentation for Board Meeting (Business Update), quarterly Townhall, LRP, RBU and ABU for review by senior management.\\\\n Review of monthly A&P, Manpower and Phase – IV spends (forming major portion of overall cost of company).\\\\n Quarterly meeting with Business Heads and Support Function Heads to discuss on the respective Brand P&L, current run-rates & ROY required run-rates to meet the individual department targets.\\\\n Support the BD Team with data analytics in new M&A deals.\\\\n Specific Business Partnering with Institutional Business Team.\\\\n Business partnering (as part of CFT) in crafting the long term Brand Strategy.\\\\n Monthly meeting with Business Unit Heads / marketing Managers for alignment on V4CAST numbers (sales forecasting) & for reviewing by CP and CFO before final submissions.\\\\n Working on regional requirements & providing the details within stipulated timelines.\\\\n Interim CBP of India MC w.e.f. 01st Oct’2020 & onwards.\\\\n\\\\nOther Key Achievements\\\\n Won the 2020 Asia Area Award for leading the FP & A division of India & delivering quality & timely PB’21.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• The Institute of Company Secretaries of India

  COMPANY SECRETARY, COMPANY LAW, COMPLIANCE, SEBI MATTERS, ETC...

• University of Calcutta

  Bachelor of Commerce - BCom (H), Accounting and Finance

  2007 — 2010

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT, Accounting and Finance

  2007 — 2011